1. In the story "The Perils of Indifference" by Elie Wiesel it is demonstrated that standing by and watching injustice happen and not raising concern is an everyday action that human kind partakes in.
2. In the story "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson the townspeople believe sacrifice in return for good crops is acceptable because they have always know this way. If somebody is willing to teach a way and people are willing to learn it they will follow. The Rwanda Genocide is a good example of how can a nation can believe in one thing even though it is clearly not right to the rest of the world. The Hutu's and Tootsies had a disagreement and thought the best way to end it was to commit countless acts of murder. It is easy when your way of life or culture of people support the decisions, no matter how bad, to fall into a pattern and think it is okay to commit crimes.
3. The connection between Elie Wiesel's "The Perils of Indifference" and "The Lottery" is that people do not go out of their way to help others if it means endangering themselves. We watch everyday others get harmed and ridiculed. But if it means putting ourselves or our family in danger we will standby and watch it happen. Elie, with the story "The Perils of Indifference" was attempting to show how humankind does not care until it happens to them. In "The Lottery" no one in the town people could care less about the vulgar murders until they were the one who got put into the possession of the black dot. Greed and ignorance fulfills all of us. There is no control over the way the human brain divides these situations.
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